Tow truck driver allegedly threatened fireman

CaptionSecond man charged in Orange Line robbery from last summer

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Robert Weaver, 47, has been charged in the July Orange Line robbery where two men allegedly held up a Loop-bound train car and robbed several people between the Halsted and Roosevelt CTA stations. Police said the duo told passengers they were about to be robbed as the train car's doors were...

Robert Weaver, 47, has been charged in the July Orange Line robbery where two men allegedly held up a Loop-bound train car and robbed several people between the Halsted and Roosevelt CTA stations. Police said the duo told passengers they were about to be robbed as the train car's doors were... (Chicago Police Department)

CaptionMen accused of stealing $20,000-worth of bikes from lakefront store

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Jeremiah Aviles, 19, of the 6100 block of South Albany Avenue; Israel Perez, 19, of the 2100 block of South May Street; and Mauricio Franco, 22, of the 3200 block of West Cermak Road, were charged with felony burglary after police identified them as the men who broke into Lakeshore Bike shop,...

Jeremiah Aviles, 19, of the 6100 block of South Albany Avenue; Israel Perez, 19, of the 2100 block of South May Street; and Mauricio Franco, 22, of the 3200 block of West Cermak Road, were charged with felony burglary after police identified them as the men who broke into Lakeshore Bike shop,... (Chicago Police Department)

CaptionBrother of Chance the Rapper accused of beating up man at party

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Entertainer Taylor Bennett, brother of Chance the Rapper, is facing aggravated battery charges after he and a companion allegedly beat up a teenager at a party last month. Bennett, 18, of the 1200 block of South Prairie Street, and Jake Kalmin, 21, of Highland Park, turned themselves in to the...

Entertainer Taylor Bennett, brother of Chance the Rapper, is facing aggravated battery charges after he and a companion allegedly beat up a teenager at a party last month. Bennett, 18, of the 1200 block of South Prairie Street, and Jake Kalmin, 21, of Highland Park, turned themselves in to the... (Chicago Police Department)

A pair of taggers were caught purple-handed scrawling graffiti on buildings in Bucktown Oct. 16, Chicago Police said. The graffiti was purple and "both offenders had matching ink/paint on their hands and clothing," Chicago Police said in a written statement.

A pair of taggers were caught purple-handed scrawling graffiti on buildings in Bucktown Oct. 16, Chicago Police said. The graffiti was purple and "both offenders had matching ink/paint on their hands and clothing," Chicago Police said in a written statement. (Chicago Police Department)

Brandon Gnat, 26, of Lisle, Il., was arrested at the restaurant at 444 N. Wabash Ave, when police officers noticed he appeared intoxicated and were told by onlookers that he was harassing people on the street, including valet workers. When officers searched Gnat they discovered he was carrying...

Brandon Gnat, 26, of Lisle, Il., was arrested at the restaurant at 444 N. Wabash Ave, when police officers noticed he appeared intoxicated and were told by onlookers that he was harassing people on the street, including valet workers. When officers searched Gnat they discovered he was carrying... (Chicago Police Department)

A Jefferson Park tow truck driver was arrested Wednesday for an Oct. 29 altercation in which he allegedly threatened to assault a firefighter at the scene of an accident before driving off in his truck at nearly 90 miles per hour.

Dimetris Frayzier, 27, of the 5500 block of North Mango Avenue, was charged with aggravated assault, aggravated fleeing and a slew of other driving offenses, according to court records, after he drove in his tow truck Oct. 29 to a car accident near the intersection of Montrose Avenue and Cicero Avenue.

When Frayzier's towing services weren't needed, county prosecutors said, he allegedly challenged one of the firemen responding to the scene, saying, "I know where he lives and I'm coming to get him." Police were called, but Frayzier sped off in his truck, the police report said, driving through multiple lanes of traffic and on the shoulder of the Kennedy Expressway.

Prosecutors said Frazyier has also been accused of a pending misdemeanor assault in which he allegedly drove to the scene of another car crash, became angry and swung his fists at a person helping the victim of the crash.

Frazyier was brought to the Cook County Criminal Courthouse Thursday afternoon and ordered held on $15,000 bond.

The University of Illinois' rescinded job offer to a professor and a controversy over a faculty blog at Chicago State University helped land the two schools on a 2014 "worst of" list for student and faculty free speech rights.

Rep. Aaron Schock billed taxpayers at least three times for a total of more than $14,000 in private air travel last fall, including for a trip to a Chicago Bears football game, The Associated Press has learned.